Flower to present plan for west Yonkers

Yonkers mayoral candidate Robert Flower will hold a presentation on his ideas for reviving the west side of Yonkers at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 6 at Our Lady of Fatima Center, 355 S.Broadway.

The Democrat calls his concept The Genesis Project, which is designed to help residents and promote economic development. The effort includes local clergy such Messiah Baptist Church, the Salvation Army and Pressley Memorial Church.

“We realize that western Yonkers is both the part off the city most vulnerable to its problems and the area with the greatest potential for growth,” Flower said in his statement released this morning. “We’re certain a broad-based effort by community and political leaders can have a positive impact.”

Here is the full statement

Program to Assess Ideas and Build Community Support

For Strengthening Western Yonkers Set for Sept. 6

Effort by The Genesis Project and Committee to Reinvent Yonkers

To Focus on Economic, Safety, Education and Real Estate Concerns

YONKERS, Sept. 1, 2011 – A two-and-a-half hour program to reveal proposed solutions and generate community involvement for addressing issues of concern to residents of Western Yonkers will be held Tuesday, Sept. 6, at Our Lady of Fatima Center, 355 S. Broadway, in Yonkers. It will be open free of charge to all residents of the city.

Organized by The Genesis Project and the Committee to Reinvent Yonkers, the program will begin at 4:30 p.m. and cover topics such as employment, teen crime, safety, education, real estate development and legal issues.

Included among the local organizations that will be providing speakers and bringing their constituents are The Messiah Baptist Church, The Salvation Army of Yonkers, Pressley Memorial Church, YMCA of Yonkers, Joy Temple Church, New Testament Church, Shekinah Glory Ministries, 5 Linx Marketing and the United Christian Missions.

They are all part of The Genesis Project, which was formed earlier this summer as a by-product of discussions between minority clergy in Western Yonkers and Mayoral candidate Robert Flower to help area residents and promote economic development.

“We realize that Western Yonkers is both the part of the city most vulnerable to its problems and the area with the greatest potential for growth,” Dr. Flower said. “We’re certain a broad-based effort by community and political leaders can have a positive impact. We very much look forward to sharing ideas and mentoring with concerned citizens on Sept. 6.”